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• The House has passed a $14bn bailout of Chrysler and GM, leaving all but 32 Republicans grumbling, likely in their jets, probably abovethe House. [CNN]

•Golden Compass director Chris Weitz is tipped to take the reigns of the highly-antipated *Twilight*sequel, New Moon. But will werewolf Taylor Lautner be shown a moon of his own from the producers for being too boyish? [Perez]

• The U.S. is pleading the United Nations to allow the “hot pursuit” or pirates in Somali waters, with hope that footage from said chases could at least replace the recently cancelled Knight Rider TV show. [CNN]

• A cardinal in Chile has lambasted Madonna for breeding “impure thoughts” and provoking “crazy enthusiasm.” Bold—if irrelavant—words for a man at the same time hosting a mass for Chile’s murdering and torturing former dictator, Augusto Pinochet. [NME]

•And speaking of crazy enthusiasm, and a barrage of intense media coverage, Britney Spears’s Circus is the number one record in the country, and it’s not even on shelves yet. Oh, wait, I get the title now. [People]